Join bestselling author and illustrator Yuval Zommer for a fun, hands-on nature art workshop to celebrate the launch of The Big Book of Nature Art, the newest entry in the Big Book series! The easy craft projects in this workshop encourage children to find the creative potential in everyday treasures around us—from twigs, seed pods, petals, and leaves to pencil shavings, paper cups, yarn, cardboard tubes, kitchen string, and recyclable cutlery. Using natural, recycled, and found materials, young nature artists will get to connect creatively with nature and create paper-plate birds, leaf bugs, coffee-cup owls, tree bark bats, and schools of seashell fish, as well as imaginative backgrounds for their creatures. Recommended age: 3 - 8 Register here!
he Big Book of Nature Art includes his tips for stress-free ways to get creative with kids and fun facts about the natural world.
Each of the activities can be achieved in four simple steps using natural materials combined with recycled or found materials from around the home. With a total of twenty-two art activities, each requiring no more than a five-minute setup and cleanup, the crafts are easy to completeand fun for everyone involved. The book also encourages children to see the creative potential in the natural and everyday treasures all around us—from twigs, seed pods, petals, and leaves to pencil shavings, take-out cups, toilet-paper rolls, and more.
Little nature artists will enjoy making paper-plate birds, leaf bugs, coffee-cup owls, tree-bark bats, and schools of seashell fish, as well as scenes for their creatures to dwell in, from watery worlds to underground tunnels.
About the Author
Yuval Zommer is an award-winning and bestselling author, illustrator, and environmentalist based in London. He studied at the Royal College of Art and worked for many years as a creative director at leading advertising agencies before becoming an author and illustrator. Titles in his Big Book series have been worldwide bestsellers, with over 1.6 million copies in print across 28 languages.